Pactos, a Munich startup digitising external workforce management, has raised €2.7M in pre-seed funding led by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), with participation from industry leaders and angel investors.
Managing external staff across procurement, HR, and legal is often slow, fragmented, and risky, with many companies still relying on Excel and email. Pactos addresses this by offering an AI-powered platform that automates contract reviews, tracks assignments in real time, and securely stores data.
Already used by clients including Swissport, Knuth, and Unique Personal, the platform integrates with systems like zvoove and is fully GDPR-compliant.
Backers and strategic support
Alongside HTGF, the round drew backing from:
- Dr. Sebastian Dettmers (CEO, StepStone)
- Jens Bender (Founder, HR Angels Club)
- Alexander Schwörer (Owner, PERI Group)
- Robin Haak (Robin Capital)
- Franzi Majer (Superangels)
HTGF’s Björn Sykora says: “Managing external workforce is complex and compliance-heavy. Pactos digitises the end-to-end process and can set a new standard in a billion-euro market.”
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Expansion plans
With the new capital, the startup will:
- Enhance its agentic AI capabilities.
- Grow its development team in the DACH region.
- Accelerate B2B customer acquisition.
Co-founder Antonio Zill explains: “We want to build a European powerhouse for external workforce management, making the use of external resources as simple and efficient as possible.”
About Pactos
Founded in 2023 by Antonio Zill and Philipp Eckert, Pactos provides an AI-driven compliance platform for managing external staff. The startup aims to bring structure and transparency to a sector still dominated by analogue processes, spanning procurement, planning, and invoicing.
